1. Celebrating the Servant-Savior
The Gospel of Isaiah
Jason S. DeRouchie, PhD
Professor of Old Testament and Biblical Theology
Bethlehem College & Seminary
Bethlehem Baptist Church, spring 2018

2. The Prophet Describes the Servant’s Substitutionary Suffering (53:1–10)
A. The Servant’s Divine-Human Nature and Homeliness (vv. 1–2)
B. The Servant’s Experience of Suffering (53:3)
C. The Substitutionary Nature of the Servant’s Suffering (53:4–6)
B’. The Servant’s Humble Response to His Suffering (53:7)
A’. The Human and Divine Perspective on His Suffering (53:8–10)

3. The Servant’s Humble Response to His Suffering (53:7)
What others did: Oppress and afflict
The Servant’s response: Silence
Before Caiaphas and the council
Mark 14:60–61. And the high priest stood up in the midst and asked Jesus, “Have you no answer to make? What is it that these men testify against you?” 61 But he remained silent and made no answer. Again the high priest asked him, “Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?”
Before Pilate
Mark 15:4–5. And Pilate again asked him, “Have you no answer to make? See how many charges they bring against you.” 5 But Jesus made no further answer, so that Pilate was amazed. .

4. Before Herod
Luke 23:8–9. When Herod saw Jesus, he was very glad, for he had long desired to see him, because he had heard about him, and he was hoping to see some sign done by him. 9 So he questioned him at some length, but he made no answer. .

5. The Servant is Jesus.
Acts 8:32–35. Now the passage of the Scripture that he was reading was this: “Like a sheep he was led to the slaughter and like a lamb before its shearer is silent, so he opens not his mouth. 33 In his humiliation justice was denied him. Who can describe his generation? For his life is taken away from the earth.” 34 And the eunuch said to Philip, “About whom, I ask you, does the prophet say this, about himself or about someone else?” 35 Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning with this Scripture he told him the good news about Jesus.  
John 1:29. The next day [John the Baptist] saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!”

6. The synthesis and unexpected call
1 Pet 2:21–25. Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps. 22 He committed no sin, neither was deceit found in his mouth. 23 When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but continued entrusting himself to him who judges justly. 24 He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed. 25 For you were straying like sheep, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

7. Rev 13:5–10. And the beast was given a mouth uttering haughty and blasphemous words, and it was allowed to exercise authority for forty-two months. 6 It opened its mouth to utter blasphemies against God, blaspheming his name and his dwelling, that is, those who dwell in heaven. 7 Also it was allowed to make war on the saints and to conquer them. And authority was given it over every tribe and people and language and nation, 8 and all who dwell on earth will worship it, everyone whose name has not been written before the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who was slain. 9 If anyone has an ear, let him hear: 10 If anyone is to be taken captive, to captivity he goes; if anyone is to be slain with the sword, with the sword must he be slain. Here is a call for the endurance and faith of the saints.

8. The Human and Divine Perspective on His Suffering (53:8–10)
The Human Perspective (vv. 8–9)
“Who considered/protested?”
Jesus’s perspective
Luke 23:34. And Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” .

9. Peter’s perspective Paul’s perspective
Acts 3:14–15, 17–18. But you denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you, 15 and you killed the Author of life, whom God raised from the dead. To this we are witnesses…. 17 And now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did also your rulers. 18 But what God foretold by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ would suffer, he thus fulfilled.
Paul’s perspective
1 Cor 2:8. None of the rulers of this age understood this [wisdom of God found in the cross], for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. .

10. “They made his grave with the wicked”
Matt 27:38. Then two robbers were crucified with him, one on the right and one on the left.
“They made his grave … with a rich man”
Matt 27:57–60. When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who also was a disciple of Jesus. 58 He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate ordered it to be given to him. 59 And Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen shroud 60 and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had cut in the rock. And he rolled a great stone to the entrance of the tomb and went away. .